He worked as an international transportation manager for the Minsk company Transglobal.
Sergey was very active in commenting on various messages in more than 30 groups. The Telegram account was more or less decently protected, but he had not changed it since 2018.
The security forces accuse him of "threatening government officials on the Internet" (he left 43 thousand comments). And also of transferring some information about his former classmate, a security officer, to the "Black Book of Belarus". 58 criminal cases have been opened against him.
On September 29, 2023, he was sent to pretrial detention center No. 4 (Mogilev). On October 27, Sergei's appeal was considered in the Minsk City Court. In late autumn 2023, it became known that Sergei had been transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1 as part of a new criminal case. The trial under Article 369 (insulting a government official) was scheduled for December 7, 2023, in the Minsk Moskovsky District Court, Judge Tatyana Pirozhnikova.
Trial outcome 10.08.2023: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.10.2023: the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 08.12.2023: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 13.02.2024: the sentence was upheld.
The presenter, a blogger, was detained along with his wife for participating in the 2020 protests. Sergey has 2 juvenile sons.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Blogger detained with her husband for participating in 2020 protests. Catherine has 2 minor sons. It became known that Ekaterina was released on bail not to leave home.
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Former employee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Department of Internal Affairs.
The man was accused of collecting information about the private lives and personal data of citizens from the Ministry of Internal Affairs databases from December 2021 to May 2022, which he then "distributed in the Telegram messenger."
In addition to imprisonment, Vladislav was sentenced to a fine of 300 basic units.
08/20/2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Trial outcome 08.12.2022: 2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Convicted of writing graffiti on the walls of a garage and other buildings that "made it impossible for the aesthetic
perception of these objects and necessitated work on painting over the inscriptions, thereby harming the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "In addition, Nikolai acted" as a group of persons
preliminary conspiracy" with Nikolay Kostyukevich, which was an aggravating circumstance.
Correctional labor, with deduction to the state income of 20% of earnings at the main place of work, but not less than one base unit, monthly for a period of 1 year 6 months.
Convicted of writing graffiti on the walls of a garage and other buildings that "made it impossible for the aesthetic
perception of these objects and necessitated work on painting over the inscriptions, thereby harming the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "In addition, Nikolai acted" as a group of persons
prior agreement" with Dubovik Nikita, which was an aggravating circumstance.
Correctional labor, with deduction to the state income of 20% of earnings at the main place of work, but not less than one base unit, monthly for a period of 1 year 6 months.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
1.5 years of probation.
She was detained together with her husband after she returned from Poland to Belarus for participating in protest actions in 2020.
The spouses were convicted under an administrative article. But Varvara was never released after her administrative arrest — a criminal case was opened against her under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and transferred to the pre-trial detention center («SIZO-1»).
Varvara and Pavel are a family of photographers from Minsk, they have been together for more than ten years, and their creative duo has existed for as long. They specialize in wedding photos.
During their career, they have received more than two dozen awards in various categories for their wedding photographs.
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Detained with his wife after returning from Poland to Belarus for participating in protests in 2020. Varvara and Pavel are a family of photographers from Minsk, they have been together for more than ten years, and their creative duet has existed for the same amount of time. They specialize in wedding photography. During their career, they received more than two dozen awards in various categories for their wedding photographs.
Anastasia was detained in October 2022, first she was given 14 days of administrative arrest, and then for another 10 and 14 days, then a criminal case was opened for participating in protest actions in 2020.
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Alexandra works as a manager at the logistics company Trans Solutions. The reason for the arrest was her photographs on Tinder, where she stands on the road with a white-red-white flag during one of the protest marches in 2020. The publication about the arrest appeared in one of the unofficial telegram channels of security forces. A “repentance” video was shot with the girl, where she confirms her participation in the protests. At first she was placed in a temporary detention facility, then a criminal case was opened against her.
On April 21, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Top manager of Atlant-M company.
He was detained at the border with the Republic of Belarus (he went on a business trip and returned). Convicted for participating in the 2020 protests.
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
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